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[–] 30p87@feddit.de 39 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Solution: Create a new standard (always works so well)

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I present x12land

Because fuck it!

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With that name we won't get anywhere! I propose we abandon x12land and start a new standard, w12!

[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Shush! Lennart might hear you!

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

If it would be a standard intented for Unix ideology and not business requirements of X11 (35+ years is a long time) or Wayland (RedHat is one company with its own interests, sometimes contradicting, say, mine as a Unix user), then it could work well.

X11 paradigm I like more than that of Wayland, but it could use some clearly incompatible changes.

[–] Kristof12@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] kib48@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago

Mir is wayland-based now :p

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago